Quezon City Experience
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| Established | November 9, 2015 |
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| Location | Quezon Memorial Circle, Quezon City |
| Coordinates | 14°39′05″N 121°03′04″E / 14.6514516°N 121.0511559°E |
| Type | Interactive museum |
| Owner | Quezon City Government |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Groundbreaking | January 2, 2012 |
| Inaugurated | November 9, 2015 |
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| Floor area | 6,229.21 m2 (67,050.7 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Main contractor | Hilmarc’s Construction Corporation |
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The Quezon City Museum Complex,[2] more commonly known as the QCX Museum or the Quezon City Experience Museum is an interactive and socio-cultural green building-compliant city museum which was inaugurated in November 9, 2015 within the Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. QCX primarily displays the history and culture of Quezon City. It is touted as the first interactive museum of the city.[3][4] The museum concept was conceived in 2006.[5]
Facilities
The museum allows its visitors to have interactions with the display, take selfies on each of the museum's galleries and shoot and watch themselves on videotape. The museum complex composes of five pods and will have a coffee shop and a small cafeteria and memorabilia store at the lobby. The museum hosts a small theater which has a seating capacity of 80-90 people and a 60-seat lecture room, both which is available for rent.[3][6]
The following are the five buildings which forms part of the museum complex:[2]
- Gallery A – 335.46 m2 (3,610.9 sq ft)
- Gallery B – 2,382.28 m2 (25,642.6 sq ft)
- Gallery C – 609.9 m2 (6,565 sq ft)
- Administrative Building – 640.31 m2 (6,892.2 sq ft)
- Business Center – 1,265.25 m2 (13,619.0 sq ft)
References
- ^ "On-Going Projects - QC Museum". Hilmarc’s Construction Corporation. Hilmarc’s Construction Corporation. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ a b "Ordinance No. SP-2459, S-2015: An Ordinance Prescribing Fees and Charges for the Use of Units, Spaces and Other Facilities Within the Quezon City Museum Complex Located inside the Quezon Memorial Circle" (PDF). Quezon City Council. 29 December 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Quezon City to unveil interactive museum". Rappler. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- ^ Mateo, Janvic (7 November 2015). "Quezon City to unveil interactive museum". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- ^ Sembrano, Edgar Allan (23 November 2015). "'Experiential' museum opens in Quezon City". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- ^ "Bistek offers preview of QCX". Journal Online. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
External links
Media related to Quezon City Experience at Wikimedia Commons
